Librarians play key roles in shaping national and international copyright policy and in protecting and promoting access to knowledge. EIFL has created a crucial network of librarians in developing and transition countries. It is essential that the members of that network have the fullest possible understanding, not just of the current copyright laws, but also of the ways in which those laws could and should be interpreted and modified in the future.
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Restrictive copyright laws create legal barriers to using resources for education, research and socio-economic development. This can have significant consequences for people who use libraries in developing and transition economy countries, where the ability to produce and use knowledge is a major factor in development.
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In a submission delivered to the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), one of the (...)
EIFL has written to the President of Nigeria, His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari, (...)
EIFL and our partner, the Association of Electronic Libraries in Kosova (AELK) (...)
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A new report (2022) examining the status of reproduction rights organizations (RROs (...)
Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, highlights an (...)
Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, reports on recent (...)
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Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, will participate in (...)
EIFL-IP IN ACTION
EIFL is working towards an international copyright (...)
CONTACT US
For questions, please contact the Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager Teresa Hackett:
teresa.hackett@eifl.net